Shop Truths, Phrases, Tales; and Outright Lies

[Frank S]

Paul, the term alt energy can mean many things. Many mistakenly tend to think it simply means producing electricity by means other than the accepted norm But just what is the accepted norm in today's world.
To me energy means many things and has many forms.
The means of creating activity the physical or mental strength that allows you to do things to start with.
Then which form of energy should we talk about? Kinetic, chemical, potential,mechanical, light, heat, magnetic, atomic, to name a few. then what about so called renewable or non renewable.
The only truly non renewable form of energy is that which has been wasted.
I am perfectly willing to make an attempt at a coherent conversation in any direction dealing with what some may call alt energy so far as my limited knowledge and experiences allow as long as over unity does not enter into the equation
Most of the builders here on HMT knowingly or unknowingly practice the law of conservation of energy by building their own tools,
These tools such as the current tool of the week the http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/d...function-50776
Is in my estimation a good example of the law of conservation of energy + the use of intellectual energy
the use of intellectual energy is self explanatory but the conservation of energy is not as apparent in the normal use of the term, because the definition is tied to the first law of thermal dynamics,a law governing the relations between states of energy in a closed system

However when in use it saves the user time and effort which to me at least is conserving energy. The device was constructed to accommodate existing components which has conserved the amount of energy which would have been required to manufacture them, thus energy is disappearing in one form and reappearing in another
OK some may feel that I posses a warped opinion of the forms and terms communally used when it comes to energy maybe I have but they are my opinions
Now I believe this thread was about shop truths phrases and outright lies. Possibly it should have included experiences in the topic as well since many of us have shared several of our own real life experiences.
Maybe it is time for us to explore some of those outright lies. LOL.


Full Definition of energy
plural energies
1
a : dynamic quality <narrative energy>
b : the capacity of acting or being active <intellectual energy>
c : a usually positive spiritual force <the energy flowing through all people>
2
: vigorous exertion of power : effort <investing time and energy>
3
: a fundamental entity of nature that is transferred between parts of a system in the production of physical change within the system and usually regarded as the capacity for doing work
4
: usable power (as heat or electricity); also : the resources for producing such power